536 I'OACEiE. 



10. P. reflexa V. & S. Viisey, Cat. Grass. U. S. 83 (1885); 

 Coutrib. U. S. Nat. Jlerb. 1:37G (1893). 



A slender perennial, 60-70 cm. high. Leaves of culm 4 in 

 number, ligule 1-3 mm. long; blades 4-8 cm. long, 3.5-3 mm. 

 wide, nearly smooth, Ihit, :U)ruptly pointed. Panicle open, pyram- 

 idal, 4-7 cm. long, rays often reHexed, the longest 5-8 cm. long, 

 bearing 3-4 spikelets near the apex. S{)ikelets purj)lo, linear. 7-8 

 mm. long, 3-4-no\vored, first glume 3.5-3 mm. long, 1-nerved, 

 second 3.3-4.3 mm. long, 3-nerved, oval, obtuse or acute, lowest 

 joint of rachilla 1.5 mm. long; floral glume slightly pubescent at 

 the base, 3-4.5 mm. long, oval, abruptly pointed; palea almost 

 as long as its glume. 



Utah, Traqi; Montana, ,SV;/'//>«(t3G3 in 1S83, Tweedy Ttl, G3S; 

 Colorado, Wolfe 1144; New :\iexico, Fendler !)31». 



Wet meadows. 



11. P. alsodes A. (iray, Man. Ed. 3:5()3 (185(5). P. nemom- 

 lis Torr. Fl. V. S. 1 : 1 U (1834), not L. 



A soft smooth Avoak light-green tufted perennial, 30-SO cut. 

 high. IJlades of sterile slioots 30-30 cm. long, 3.5-4 mm. wide, 

 flat or conduplicate, acute or abruptly ))ointed, those of the culm 3 

 in number, ligule 1-1.5 mm. long, truncate, lacerate; blades 5-10 

 cm. long. Panicle often partially included by the upper sheath, 

 30-45 cm. long, slender, open, lanceolate, or loosely linear or oval, 

 rays slender, in fours to sixes, tlie longest 10-14 nini., bearing 

 scattered spikelets from the middle or ahovif the middle. Spikelets 

 3.5-5.5 mm. long, 3-3-flowered, oval or linear-oval, joint of rachilla 

 0.5-0.7 mm. long, first em})ty glume 3-3 nun. long, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, 1-nerved, second ovate-lanceolate, 3.5-3.5 mm. long, 3-nerved; 

 floral glume 3.5-4 mm. long, oval, acute, webbed at base, pubes- 

 cmt or nearly smooth on the lower half of the keel, the tip 

 scarious for one-fourth its length; palea linear, 3.5-3 mm. 

 long, keels nearly smooth. Plants from Grand Traverse and 

 Alcona counties, ^Michigan, have the keel of floral glume nearly 

 smooth. Wet woods, New England, Alleghany ^Mountains to 

 Wisconsin. 



Vermont, Pringle; Massachusetts, Faxon 10; New York, Clin- 



